Week #242 It's that time again:

[Melissa Pearce]

QUESTION:

 

The gold half eagle issued in 1997 honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt shows him seated aboard which ship?

 

Good Luck!!

 

Our first place winner will receive a signed copy of "The Complete Guide To Buffalo Nickels", 3rd Edition by David Lange. There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player with the correct answer.

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details.

 

When you post your answer, only the administrators can see it. Stop back this Monday. We will make all the posts visible and announce the winners.

[MunkyMan95]

All I could find...

 

The design for the $5 1997 W Gold FDR commemorative is based on one of President Roosevelt's favorite photographs of him reviewing the US Fleet in San Francisco Bay. The reverse of the coin has a rendering of the Presidential Seal as displayed at FDR's 1933 inauguration.

[RGT]

USS Houston

[bit1work]

SS Aquitania

[AtlaZ-migration]

U.S.Houston

[Coinguy19]

HMS Prince of Wales?

[Amanda]

The USS Potomac.

 

-Amanda

[jtryka]

The USS Houston

[Amanda]

Ooops. USS Houston.

 

-Amanda

[CarolinaCollector]

A guess - The Potomac? (Presidential Yacht)

[copperman]

"LIBERTY"

[bsshog40]

Would he have been onboard the "Memphis"?

[zrlevin]

Houston

[dan8402]

The US Houston.

[prooflike]

SS Minnow

[IlikeZARcoins]

USS Roosevelt ?

[IlikeZARcoins]

Just to add ( DDG-80 ) to my previous post.

[mhardin2413]

u.s.s. houston.

this is a guess. it's the only ship name that i've come up with in relation to fdr, so i'm going with it. kudos on the toughness of the question.

[mark]

The U.S. Houston.

 

Mark

[weking1]

USS Missouri...

 

WEK

[just-john]

uss augusta

[Admiral Mike-migration]

U.S.S. Houston, it was FDR's favorite pre-war ship and crew.

[DC Dawg]

USS Houston

[Melissa Pearce]

QUESTION:

 

The gold half eagle issued in 1997 honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt shows him seated aboard which ship?

 

ANSWER:

 

U.S.S. Houston

 

Congratulations to our lst place winner RGT, you will receive a signed copy of "The Complete Guide To Buffalo Nickels", 3rd Edition by David Lange. Congratulations to our runner up winner Admiral Mike, you will be receiving a display box.

 

Thanks for playing this weeks Numisma-Quest. Dont forget to stop by for this weeks PMG question

[Admiral Mike-migration]

Yeah... I won...I won!!! ok...i'm the runner up.... but heck, I almost never win ANYTHING!!!

 

Thank you Melissa, and all at Numisma-Quest. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukka, Happy Kwanza, and all the other holiday greetings of this season.